Shoutbox

First point:
I doubt there's a workaround for this, as the client sets the status to 'Online', then StatusSaver (I assume you have that) sets it to 'Away'. Plus thinks this is a normal status change (which it is to be fair).
Actually, a time delay would be an excellent workaround...

Second point:
I'd love to see this myself, as sometimes I forget by Personalised Status shortcuts, so I want to double-check I got the right one.